96 Dr. R. B. Sliarpe on Birds 



26. Spermestes poensis (Fraser) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 262; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 28. 



S ? . Efulen, May 24- to June 1, 1901. " Ejile." 

 It is extremely difficult to distinguish Spermestes stigmato- 

 p/iorus from S. poensis, as the amount of white spots or 

 bars on the upper tail-coverts is subject to great variation. 

 Some specimens have no bars or spots at all, others a 

 few, while in others these white marks are plentiful. This 

 variation is observable in typical specimens from Fernando 

 Po : the Museum has three of the original types. 



27. Heterhyphantes nigricollis (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 415 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 37. 



Symplectes nigricollis Reichen. t. c. p. 30. 

 cJ. Efulen, May 29, 1901. 



28. Hyphantornis cucuLL^iTUs (P. L. S. Miill.) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 451 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 40. 



S. Efulen, May 27, 1901. " Nyas.^' 



S . „ June 8, 1901. 



? . „ June 13, 1901. 



One of the male birds has the chestnut of the hind-neck 

 mixed wdth bright yellow, and shews an approach to 

 H. bohndorffi. 



29. Spermospiza guttata (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 500; 

 Reichen. t. c. p. 33 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 32. 



S S ' Efulen, June 15-17, 1901. " Edumvin." 



VII. — On the Collections of Birds made by Sir Harry Johnston, 

 K.C.B., in Equatorial Africa. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 LL.D., F.Z.S., &c.. Assistant Keeper, Department of 

 Zoology, British Museum. 



(Plate V.) 



The following is a list of the specimens collected by Sir Harry 

 Johnston during his travels as H.B.M. Commissioner in 

 Uganda and the neighbouring territories. Sir Harry entered 

 the Uganda Protectorate and commenced collecting imme- 

 diately, his assistant being Mr. Walter G. Doggett. Birds 



